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You may have no idea who Terry Berry was, but Abilene lost one of its local icons this past week. You can read an article from the Abilene Reporter-News here that Sarah Carlson has provided.
Almost every city has people that stand out for various reasons, but their names are not always known because they don't occupy traditional positions of power and leadership. When I was in high school, there was a guy who always ran around Tyler carrying an American flag. You would see him on S. Broadway, at Bergfeld Park, and running down 110.
Everywhere he went he carried the American flag. I always wondered what his story was, and one night the local ABC affiliate did a story on him. He was a former marine who had been injured and could no longer serve in the military, but he began running with the flag after 9/11 as part of his own patriotic contribution.
Almost every city has people that stand out for various reasons, but their names are not always known because they don't occupy traditional positions of power and leadership. When I was in high school, there was a guy who always ran around Tyler carrying an American flag. You would see him on S. Broadway, at Bergfeld Park, and running down 110.
Everywhere he went he carried the American flag. I always wondered what his story was, and one night the local ABC affiliate did a story on him. He was a former marine who had been injured and could no longer serve in the military, but he began running with the flag after 9/11 as part of his own patriotic contribution.
Current Reading
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks
Current Listening
Rockin' the Suburbs by Ben Folds
posted by Justin @ 9/24/2006 09:04:00 PM
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"Still Fighting It," by Ben Folds, which also shuffled across my iPod this evening. Coincidence? Or the divine hand at work? I think we know the answer.
Loved BoBos in Paradise. I don't think Waco will provide a very good context for it, but I read the book right after I moved to Charlottesville. Might as well have a been an self-help book on how to fit in.
South 1st will be never be the same.u
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